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The <keyword id="47209" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Finance-Ministry">finance ministry</keyword> has supported the scrapping of restrictions on <keyword id="436047" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ecommerce">ecommerce</keyword> companies that have overseas investment, for example, those on directly offering discounts to clients, said an official. 
 "This condition (directly or indirectly impacting discounts) is arbitrary," the individual said. “It unnecessarily creates confusion.” The foreign direct investment (FDI) policy permits companies, for example, <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword> and Amazon to function as market places or stages for purchasers and sellers to transact. Be that as it may, discounts, a basic component of the ecommerce model, must be offered by sellers and not the market places. 
 
The finance ministry is of the view that this and different curbs have offered ascend to disarray and could discourage investments, offering support that could give a straightforward and clear policy for online retail. 
 
A Niti Aayog board is assessing the general policy system for ecommerce and is relied upon to solidify its perspectives on the matter in a month. It had held discussions on the matter with stakeholders. 
 
A decision will be taken after the committee presents its proposals. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) issued a press note in March clearing up the provision relating to ecommerce. 
 
The policy permits 100% FDI in the market put model through an automatic route. Be that as it may, it additionally lays out the guidelines for price cuts. 
 
“Ecommerce entities providing market place will not directly or indirectly influence the sale price of goods or services and shall maintain level playing field,” the policy states. Other than that, no single vendor can represent more than a fourth of aggregate deals on the portal. 
 
It likewise discounts FDI in the stock based model, so foreign subsidized ecommerce companies can't purchase merchandise, stock them and then retail them to shoppers online. 
 
The restrictions were forced after businesses griped against online discounts and looked for a level playing field. North Block is of the view that this segment can be a much greater investment draw if the rules are relaxed, creating more jobs. 
 
The finance ministry is keen to achieve consistency and clarity in the foreign investment administration other than empowering technology and innovation.

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Pramila Jayapal of Washington state <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1383123713701318663?s=20">said</a> Biden has "broken his promise to restore our humanity.""This is incredibly disappointing. The U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world and we can't do better?" Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, <a href="https://twitter.com/anoorani/status/1383098614805889024?s=20">tweeted</a> on Friday. Joanne Lin, the National Director of Advocacy and Government Relations at Amnesty International, in a statement said Biden is "turning his back on tens of thousands of refugees around the world who have been approved to come to the United States.""Biden had the opportunity to fulfill his campaign pledge and to deliver on his promises to protect the rights of and well-being of refugees, to place human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, and to restore U.S. global leadership. He squandered that opportunity today," Lin added. <h2>Biden's human rights problem</h2><div type="image" title="MBS Biden" height="1500" width="2000" msid="82109584" hostid="261"></div>Beyond the decision on refugees, Biden already had a big week when it comes to foreign policy. The president announced he's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-aids-terrorism-us-intelligence-homegrown-extremism-2021-4">pulling all remaining US troops from Afghanistan</a> by September 11, bringing an end to the longest conflict in US history. He slapped <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-expelling-10-us-diplomats-in-retaliation-to-biden-sanctions-2021-4">new sanctions on Russia</a> and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/low-medium-risk-russia-invades-ukraine-us-general-2021-4">deescalate tensions</a> amid a massive troop buildup along Ukraine's borders. Meanwhile, US officials participated in indirect talks with Iranian officials in Vienna aimed at restoring <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-nuclear-deal-explained">the Iran nuclear deal.</a>Less than 100 days into his presidency, Biden has already reversed or moved to roll-back many of Trump's biggest foreign policy changes. But as evidenced by the decision on refugees, Biden is not pulling a complete 180 when it comes to international relations - and he's facing growing accusations of talking big on human rights without fully backing it up.On the campaign trail, Biden pledged to make <keyword id="50996" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Saudi-Arabia">Saudi Arabia</keyword> a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/21/transcript-november-democratic-debate/">"pariah"</a> over the killing of journalist <keyword id="1441836" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jamal-Khashoggi">Jamal Khashoggi</keyword>. But Biden did not sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over Khashoggi's killing, even after the release of a declassified intelligence report directly implicating the Saudi leader in the brutal murder. "It is extremely problematic, in my view, if not dangerous, to acknowledge someone's culpability and then to tell that someone, 'But we won't do anything, please proceed as if have we have said nothing'," Agnes Callamard, the new chief of Amnesty International who spearheaded a UN inquiry into Khashoggi's killing, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-wont-punish-mbs-sanctions-khashoggi-murder-sends-mixed-signals-2021-3">said of Biden</a>.More recently, Biden decided to <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-united-arab-emirates-sale-trump_n_60761e0fe4b01654bb7754bb">move forward with a Trump era arms deal with the UAE</a> involving the transfer of roughly $23 billion worth of advanced weaponry - including F-35s and drones. The <keyword id="6358356" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="uae">UAE</keyword> has played an intricate role in the devastating war in Yemen, where US-made bombs have been used in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-murphy-yemen-war-school-bus-bombing-2018-8">operations leading to civilian deaths</a>.In February, Biden announced he's moving to end to US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Critics say this arms deal doesn't exactly jive with that move and Biden's broader promise to prioritize human rights. Afrah Nasser, Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch, said that Biden's advancement of Trump's arm deal with the UAE means his administration <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/15/us-resuming-arms-sales-uae-disastrous#">"has backed out of its pledge"</a> on Yemen and warned the US now risks complicity in future human rights violations. "Trying to understand how a massive arms sale to a repressive authoritarian government that bankrolled regional anti-democratic counterrevolutions, backs a Libyan warlord, and helped rubble Yemen (a partial list) strengthens a rules-based international order," Matt Duss, foreign policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, <a href="https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1382674778503458823?s=20">said in a tweet</a>.Duss has praised Biden on other foreign policy moves, such as the president's <a href="https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1330695476321062912?lang=en">decision to tap Antony Blinken as Secretary of State.</a> But his criticism of Biden on the UAE sale is emblematic of evolving discontentment among progressives and human rights groups when it comes to the president's foreign policy.

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<ul><li><keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword>’s India public policy head <keyword id="1856373" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ankhi-Das">Ankhi Das</keyword> has quit the social networking behemoth. </li><li>Her resignation comes within days of being questioned by a parliamentary panel on data privacy. </li><li>According to Ajit Mohan, the managing director for Facebook in India, Das has stepped down to pursue her interest in public service.</li></ul>Ankhi Das, Facebook's head of public policy who was in the eye of storm over alleged bias in blocking hate content on the social media platform, has quit the social networking giant. "I have decided to step down from facebook after long service to its mission of connecting people and building communities to pursue my personal interest in public service,” she said in her farewell statement. Her resignation comes within days of Facebook being called before a parliamentary panel to discuss issues of data privacy. Source told <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/facebook-policy-head-ankhi-das-questioned-by-parliament-panel-for-2-hours-on-data-protection-sources-2314627">NDTV</a> that Das was questioned for nearly two hours on Monday, October 23. Twitter and Amazon are set to appear before the same committee on October 28. Das had also earlier been called before the government once before, by the Parliamentary Panel of Information Technology headed by Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor. Ankhi Das — at the eye of the storm Facebook and other social networking sites have come under scrutiny after Wall Street Journal and TIME magazine articles claimed that the social network was not uniform in its application of hate speech rules. Even though some extremist posts were taken down, others — especially those by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders — were left to circulate far and wide. "These posts are taken out of context and don't represent the full scope of Facebook's efforts to support the use of our platform by parties across the political spectrum," the company’s spokesperson said at the time. Ankhi Das exits Facebook Das joined Facebook nine years ago. According to her, the team was small and the mission was to connect people in India at the time. “After nine long years, I feel that mission has largely been met,” she said. Ajit Mohan, the managing director for Facebook in India, commended Das on the instrumental role she played in the company since 2011. "Ankhi has decided to step down from her role in Facebook to pursue her interest in public service," he said. He too has been under fire for Facebook’s practices in the country. Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in particular has been breathing down his neck for being ‘complicit’ in the violence that broke out during the protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in February. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/china-launches-three-new-spy-satellites-amid-border-dispute-with-india-and-tensions-in-the-south-china-sea/articleshow/78886330.cms">China launches three new spy satellites amid border dispute with India and tensions in the South China Sea</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/kotak-mahindra-bank-share-price-jumps-after-earning-reports-and-possible-msci-inclusion/articleshow/78887434.cms">Kotak Mahindra Bank surges 10% on earnings upgrades and potential MSCI inclusion</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/hcl-tech-is-looking-to-expand-operations-in-canada-if-h-1b-visa-issues-persist/articleshow/78884838.cms">EXCLUSIVE: HCL Tech is expanding operations in Canada as H-1B visa issues persist</a>

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India's first policy on intellectual property rights (IPR) has been approved by the cabinet. 
 "In India, we have a very effective and robust trademark law in place, but the policy deals with the mechanism of trademark registration. Many things now are starting online. By 2017, it will take one month to register a trademark, not years," stated finance minister <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword>, while adding that all processes will now be done online. 
 "The objective behind the <keyword id="2475736" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="IPR-policy">IPR policy</keyword> is quite clear, when there are new inventions, when there is growth in trade, commerce and industry, an IPR must be there to protect them," he added. 
 
The new policy has seen additions in the form of music and industrial drawings. 
 
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<ul><li>Economist <keyword id="192956" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mohamed-El-Erian">Mohamed El-Erian</keyword> <a href="https://twitter.com/BloombergTV/status/1337422884466253836?s=20">told Bloomberg TV on Friday</a> that the economy is entering into a "vicious cycle" as coronavirus cases surge and economic activity slows. </li><li>The only thing that will break that cycle, according to El-Erian? <keyword id="28351" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="policy">Policy</keyword> efforts.</li><li>"Unless we move on policy and health, you and I unfortunately will be talking about this vicious cycle," for quite some time, the Allianz chief economic adviser told Bloomberg.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Economist Mohamed El-Erian <a href="https://twitter.com/BloombergTV/status/1337422884466253836?s=20">told Bloomberg TV on Friday</a> that the economy is entering into a "vicious cycle" as coronavirus cases surge and economic activity slows. "We are looking at a high probability of a vicious cycle. Public health is deteriorating...policy is not doing anything. The economy is slowly going into recession in Europe and people are becoming more hesitant to interact socially and economically. We need to break that cycle," the President of Queens' College and Allianz chief economic adviser said. The only thing that will break that cycle, according to El-Erian? Policy efforts."Unless we move on policy and health, you and I unfortunately will be talking about this vicious cycle," for quite some time, he told Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro. In a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-11/ecb-finds-itself-stuck-in-conscious-active-inertia?sref=hf7usq67">Bloomberg Op-Ed</a> on Friday, El-Erian said that the ECB's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/the-ecb-boosted-its-covid-19-stimulus-package-by-606-billion-and-extended-its-bond-buying-program-by-nine-months/articleshow/79666088.cms">expansion of its stimulus program and bond-buying</a> was a "policy decision that is understandable but unlikely to bolster the economy much or attain its inflation objective." On the <keyword id="6415009" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fiscal-policy">fiscal policy</keyword> front in the US, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-suggests-stimulus-negotiations-may-continue-after-christmas-2020-12?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest">stimulus negotiations could extend beyond Christmas,</a> but it would be preferable to pass a bill before December 18, the new date Congress has set to pass a government spending bill. The delayed stimulus comes as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-weekly-jobless-claims-853000-unemployment-benefits-labor-market-recovery-2020-12?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest">853,000 additional Americans file for unemployment</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picks-to-buy-2021-best-growth-value-investing-jpmorgan-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JPMorgan unveils its 50 'most compelling' stock picks to buy for 2021 - and details why each one will be a top performer</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump have signaled varying approaches for how they'll handle China trade ahead of the election.</li><li>Biden is likely to team up with allies to tackle China's economic exploits and bolster data security.</li></ul>The world's top two economies are back at the negotiation table, with Treasury Secretary <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-overcapacity-dumping-manufacturing-exports-economic-woes-world-yellen-2024-4">Janet Yellen jetting off to China</a> for crucial talks on economic ties.And with a presidential election approaching in November in the US, who ultimately takes office will go a long way towards shaping the trade relationship between the two candidates. In a <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-will-biden-and-trump-tackle-trade-with-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent report</a>, Ryan Hass — the foreign policy director at the Brookings Institution — shared how their trade strategies will differ. "Trump would favor broad-based decoupling and would be willing to tolerate high costs in pursuit of such a goal, whereas Biden likely would focus on targeted de-risking in areas of the economy that have national security or human rights nexuses, but not on full-scale decoupling of the world's two largest economies," Hass said.As it pertains specifically to Biden, Hass says he will uphold Trump's tariffs on China while implementing even stricter export controls, investment screening, and employment protections. But he sees the current president taking a more collaborative approach."He will suggest that it is wiser to work with partners in confronting China's predatory economic practices than it is to do so alone, as Trump did," Hass said.Biden's policies will also include measures on data security and safeguards against Chinese electric vehicles, aiming to shield American workers from China's attempts to export its way out of the economic downturn, according to the note. As for Trump, Hass expects him to resume his more direct confrontational approach to trade with China. The former presidnet has already hinted at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-impose-tariffs-china-if-elected-2024-2">slapping a hefty 60% tariff</a> on all Chinese imports, which Bloomberg Economics forecasts could cut current $575 billion trade flow between the US and China to nearly zero. "Privately, Trump's advisors accept that such an action would increase the prices of imports, but they argue that the cost would be worth it because China's overall economy would take a larger hit than America's from the tariffs," Hass said.Ultimately, no matter who ends up taking office, Hass believes the US-China economic relationship will only become rockier."Regardless of whether Biden or Trump prevails in the 2024 election, America's economic policy toward China likely will grow tighter, rather than looser," he concluded.

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Friday approved an electric vehicle (EV) policy that aims at promoting such automobile manufacturing and the adoption of pollution-free transport. Odisha <keyword id="6248507" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="electric-vehicle-policy" source="Orion">Electric Vehicle Policy</keyword>, 2021 got the go-ahead during the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "The objective of the policy is to achieve adoption of 20 per cent electric vehicles of all automobile registrations by 2025 and to promote manufacturing of such vehicles and its components, including battery, in the state. This also aims at facilitating innovation, research &amp; development," Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra said. He stated that it is now necessary to reduce vehicular pollution and carbon emission. "It is high time to reduce the emission by curbing the use of vehicles that consume fossil fuel and accelerating the pace of adoption of electric vehicles," he said. Various incentives will be available for industries for manufacturing electric vehicles and for individuals for purchase, another official said, adding that interest subvention in loans, waiving of road tax and registration fees were also proposed. Incentives under the startup policy of the MSME Department will also be extended for making pollution-free vehicles. As per the policy, a 15 per cent subsidy for buying electric motorcycles, three-wheelers and four-wheelers will be provided with a maximum amount of ₹5,000, ₹12,000 and ₹1,00,000, respectively. The Cabinet also approved the Odisha Sand Policy, 2021 which will ensure sustainable mining of it in the state. The policy has been framed considering the demand-supply situation, identification of sources, mining plan, environment and other statutory clearances, Mohapatra said. "It is in accordance with the environmental regulations and to ensure adequate supply of sand for development and welfare projects," he said. This will help prevent illegal mining of sand and make sure a robust monitoring mechanism with the IT-enabled regulations. The Cabinet also cleared several proposals pertaining to various departments ranging from social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities, water resources, commerce and transport to fisheries, revenue and disaster management. It approved a tender worth Rs199.60 crore for the construction of a wall at the Kanpur irrigation project site in Keonjhar district. The work would be completed in 11 months, he added.

Odisha government will promote electric vehicle manufacturing under its latest policy

<ul><li>The policy offers 26 weeks of paid leave to birth parents - irrespective of their gender or marital status. </li><li>It also gives 12 weeks of paid leave to commissioning parents, 16 weeks of paid leave for surrogate parents and 4 weeks of paid leave for foster parents, the policy has also factored in incidents that may potentially throw life out of gear.</li></ul>Three agencies, part of one collective group, have rolled out an updated parental policy for their teams. These agencies include <keyword id="2261785" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="never-grow-up" source="Orion">Never Grow Up</keyword>, a Work Culture Consultancy, <keyword id="6547610" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="yellow-seed" source="Orion">Yellow Seed</keyword>, a Content Strategy and Development Agency &amp; <keyword id="5914230" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sprd" source="Orion">SPRD</keyword> | Stories.PR.Digital, a digital-first Public Relations think tank. Building on the normative changes we have witnessed in the 21st century, and those accelerated by the pandemic, the policy aims to solve employee issues concerning childbearing and rearing. It offers a better work-life blend in respect to household responsibilities for people of all genders and orientations and factors in multiple aspects of parenting. The policy applies to any team member who has worked with the company for 90 days (probation period included) and aspires to become a parent through birth, legal adoption, commissioning through surrogacy, fostering, or choosing to become a surrogate carrier. While the policy offers 26 weeks of paid leave to birth parents - irrespective of their gender or marital status, 12 weeks of paid leave to commissioning parents, 16 weeks of paid leave for surrogate parents and 4 weeks of paid leave for foster parents, the policy has also factored in incidents that may potentially throw life out of gear. For example, irrespective of your gender, in the event of a miscarriage, or the child/children being stillborn or in a situation of a declared medical termination of pregnancy, team members would be eligible for a total of up to 06 calendar weeks of paid leave immediately following the unfortunate circumstance &amp; this is applicable to any number of incidents. Asif Upadhye and <keyword id="13119655" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aashutosh-katre" source="Orion">Aashutosh Katre</keyword> who are part of the management team, said, “This is not a policy to us. It is the way we think things should be. We want to emphasize the inherent value of a person and their life choices as opposed to ascribed identity tags and titles. Becoming a parent should not impact employee well-being negatively and the onus of ensuring this lies squarely with the employer. This is our way of leading the way for real empathy especially when corporate culture is known to work the other way round. The aim is to offer comprehensive leave to team member/s irrespective of their life choices to effectively manage emotional, biological, and psychological changes that come with being a parent &amp; provide them paid - time off to take care of their health and well-being and bond with their child before returning to work.” In addition to this, the all-inclusive gender, identity, and orientation neutral parental policy also factors in the pre and postpartum well-being of team members. It includes ergonomic seating, work from home, on-call counselor and creche reimbursements besides ensuring that appraisals are not impacted upon the return of a candidate. <a href="https://www.legalserviceindia.com/legal/article-2836-paternity-benefit-laws-in-india-a-necessity.html">Studies </a>show that companies that offer paid parental leave value employees and their families. This policy goes a step further by allowing the scope of customizing one’s parental leaves as per life circumstances. Additionally, in the Indian legal landscape with just 8.2 percent of paternity leaves - with number of days differing from company to company - in comparison to maternity leave, the inclusion of emotional and psychological wellbeing of employees through actual tangible benefits is a progressive move - one that has the potential of normalizing the future of parenting. It is well known that all 193 member countries of the UN offer <a href="http://blog.kbibenefits.com/benefits-of-paid-parental-leave">paid parental leaves</a> to their citizens with the exception of the USA. With many countries like Sweden and Norway leaps and bounds ahead and more companies incorporating parental benefits as a talent attraction and retention strategy, there remain gaps in including benefits not based on one’s marital status, one’s orientation or the process of bearing an offspring. Bereavement leaves and childcare management facilities are taking context in Indian society but are still not well-established. This policy is definitely a step forward.

From 6 weeks leave in case of miscarriage to 16 weeks off for surrogate parents, this group of agencies has introduced parental policies that we need today

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